Word: despairful
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Some women, to be sure, would be unhappy no matter what their husbands' occupations and would turn in their despair to drink, to drugs, to affairs. But probably no other career makes such relentless demands on wives and families as politics. Witness Pat Nixon in virtual exile at San Clemente. "We are worried about Pat," an associate of the Nixons confides. "She has not been in touch with any of her close friends. It's not like her"... [The political wife] becomes public property, an extension of the public man, subject to unending scrutiny, judgments, accolades and criticisms...
...along with khaki pants, dark shirts and masks. The men wearing them are constantly marching. Marching is what they do best. They are what remained of this year’s harvest. Plenty of bad crops this year, and very few seeds—almost none. There is infinite despair in the Palestinian territories. Add to that cynicism and disappointment, a few targeted assassinations, a segregation wall, a corrupt leadership, no work, militants demanding pay for your protection, and, finally, a checkpoint soldier with an ugly smile ordering you to dance. If there is really a God up there...
...much remains hidden because we don't know where to look or because our curiosity has been dulled: we've forgotten how to see, or we limit our journeys to well-worn paths. Still, in a land as vast as Australia, there's more reason for joy than despair. Its myth-rich Aboriginal culture offers enlightenment if we care to engage with it; the seemingly barren interior can inspire awe when we visit the thriving land away from the coast. The wonder of discovery is there in simple things and grand: in quiet lives of contemplation...
...gays are trying to get you fired as well. If the stakes are this high, you would think last week's humiliating defeat of the Federal Marriage Amendment would provoke despair among these advocates. But you would be wrong. Within minutes after losing the Senate vote, they were preparing to introduce a similar measure into the House, knowing full well that there is no hope of passage. But success at this juncture is not important. In fact, failure helps entrench the sense of alienation and anger that is already being stoked for political ends. The members of the religious right...
...drug that doesn't work. But for the ones that do, the danger of suicidal tendencies can be minimized with careful monitoring by parents and practitioners. It's clear that at least some antidepressants, taken in conjunction with conventional therapy, can be a reasonably safe way out of the despair of childhood depression...